For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is ...

Until a few weeks ago, the biggest news to come out of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., was its annual celebration of ...

but what about the Kennedy Center Honors? Yes, President Donald Trump has made a compelling case for the paucity of good, wholesome, or even mildly edifying programming at the performing-arts ...

What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more ...

Trump: Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump sat out every Kennedy Center Honors during his first presidency, breaking from tradition ...

Bette Midler, Berry Gordy among new Kennedy Center honorees The Kennedy Center Honors will return in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, "Saturday Night Live ...

This public-private performing arts center relies on some $85 million in donations every year. Will its sudden politicization ...

Taylor and Todd were married from 1957 until his tragic death in 1958 Hulton Archive/Getty; Archive Photos/Getty Elizabeth Taylor learned one of her greatest lessons about love from Mike Todd.

E. Andrew Taylor directs American University's Arts Management Program. Some of its alumni and students have worked as staff and fellows for The Kennedy Center. The Kennedy Center, a unique ...

President Trump and his appointees are now solely in charge of the Kennedy Center. Performers protested by dancing.

Proponents of President Trump’s shakeup at Washington’s Kennedy Center say the venue’s track record of politicizing art goes beyond a single drag show.

“The piece was intended to be a part of the Kennedy Center’s Pride celebration and we were very excited to be collaborating with the NSO as their guest chorus,” the statement read in part.